Oklahoma experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which devastated Oklahoma City and suburban communities. The tornado killed 36 people and injured 583 others; losses amounted to $1 billion, making it the first billion-dollar tornado in history. [6]

Considered the strongest tornado ever recorded to have affected the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, the tornado devastated southern portions of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States while near peak intensity, along with surrounding suburbs and towns to the south and southwest of the city during the early evening of Monday, May 3, 1999. Parts ...

Oklahoma experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which devastated Oklahoma City and suburban communities.

The strongest tornado, rated a maximum F-5 on the Fujita Tornado Scale, tracked for nearly an hour and a half along a 38-mile path from Chickasha through south Oklahoma City and the suburbs of Bridge Creek, Newcastle, Moore, Midwest City and Del City.

On May 3, 1999, strong tornadoes hit the Oklahoma City metro. Forty-six people died, and thousands lost their homes. The strongest tornado was an F-5 that tore through Moore.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has, thus far, identified 8 supercell thunderstorms which produced 59 discernable tornadoes in Central Oklahoma alone. Many of these tornadoes were violent, longtrack, and struck cities directly, including heavily populated Oklahoma CIty.

2024年5月3日 · One of America's most infamous tornado outbreaks struck 25 years ago. An F5 tornado roared through the southern Oklahoma City metro area on May 3, 1999. It was one of 74 tornadoes in...

On May 3, 1999, multiple supercell thunderstorms produced many large and damaging tornadoes in central Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours. Some of these storms were killers, including the twisters which moved through and/or near Dover, Shawnee, Perry and Bridge Creek, and the Moore and southern Oklahoma City metropolitan areas.

Wichita, KS, May 3, 1999 – Another violent tornado, rated F4 intensity, plowed through Haysville in suburban Wichita, Kansas, shortly after the Oklahoma City tornado. This tornado was responsible for 6 deaths, 150 injuries and over 140 million dollars in damage.

The events of May 3–6 became known as the 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak, costing many lives as they wreaked havoc throughout the region. The strongest of these events, a large and destructive F5 tornado that touched down near Oklahoma City on